Donald Trump and his choice for secretary of state don't agree on everything. But they share a mindset.<p>Donald Trump says he and his pick to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, “have a very similar thought process,” but what they seem to have most in common is a code of conduct …

Northern Syria’s Kurds are establishing direct democracy and a gender revolution. Why are we arming jihadist-linked Turkey?<p>“It’s like Spain in 1936.” Those are the words of Alexander Norton, a charismatic 31-year-old railway worker from east London, as Turkish forces besiege the Kurdish city of …

<b>The largest rebel group in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta region says it has agreed with the government's key ally Russia to evacuate wounded people.</b><p>Jaysh al-Islam said the evacuations would take place in stages, but it did not say when they would begin.<p>There was no confirmation from Russia, but …

<b>(CNN) —</b> The Syrian regime captured a major town in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Saturday after "hysterical" shelling and airstrikes, an activist on the ground said.<p>Analysts believe it is now a matter of time before the regime takes control of the entire besieged enclave situated on …

Government forces capture largest town in Eastern Ghouta as death toll surpasses 1,000 in three weeks.<p>Syrian forces have captured the largest town in Eastern Ghouta, effectively splitting the rebel-held enclave in three, a monitor told Al Jazeera.<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said …

<b>(CNN) —</b> The Syrian regime has taken control of several villages in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, official news agency SANA said Sunday, in a major turning point in a two-week offensive.<p>Regime forces gained control of villages on the eastern side of the besieged enclave, which it said …

At least 42 people killed in relentless air raids as Syrian government forces encircle the central town of Douma.<p>At least 42 people have been killed in Syria's Eastern Ghouta as government forces continue to launch air raids on the rebel-held enclave while edging closer to its central …

More than a dozen fighters and their families evacuated from Eastern Ghouta and brought to Idlib, state media reports.<p>In a surprise move, several members of Syria's armed opposition have been evacuated from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta late on Friday, sources told Al Jazeera.<p>The evacuation comes as …

Also in Portrait of the Week: Sky News, snow, the Leicester explosion and Syria<p>Home<p>Crisis loomed over Brexit negotiations as Theresa May, the Prime Minister, travelled to the north-east to explain ‘this Government’s vision of what our future economic partnership with the European Union should look …

As Syria marks seven years of civil war, Al Jazeera looks back at some of our best documentaries charting the conflict.<p>On March 15, 2011, peaceful protests erupted in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, inspired by Arab Spring protests, which toppled presidents in Egypt and …

Syria's army and rebel groups locked in battle, as civilian death toll hits 1,099, according to UK-based war monitor.<p>The Syrian army and rebel groups early on Sunday engaged in fierce battles in Eastern Ghouta, where fighting has killed at least 1,099 civilians over the past 21 days, a war monitor …

“You can’t quantify pain and suffering.”<p>The guns didn’t fall silent in Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday—despite a five-hour pause ordered by the Russian government to allow medical and humanitarian-aid deliveries into the rebel-held area outside Damascus, the Syrian capital. It was the second day the …